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In February 2022, there was an incident in the Amsterdam branch Apple A shocking incident occurred when an armed attacker held hostages and demanded a ransom of $227 million in cryptocurrency. The incident lasted five hours, with the hostages being held hostage for five hours.onec managed to escape, and the attacker was hit by a car during the police intervention and later died. Netflix has now adapted the story into the suspenseful thriller iHostage, which is available on the platform since this week and has quickly risen to the top of the ratings.

What's interesting is the way the filmmakers approached the filming. In a newly released video, director Bobby Boermans shows how the film crew completely built an exact replica Apple Store. Due to the impossibility of filming in a real branch of the company Apple a model was created in authentic dimensions and the space was surrounded by giant screens that displayed the surroundings Apple Storu. According to Boermans, similar technology has never been used on such a scale in the Netherlands.
The floor and overall dimensions correspond to the real store. If we did it right, the viewer will not recognize anything,” said the director. The film follows the events from several perspectives. Pachatele, hostages and intervening forces. The result is a dense and emotionally powerful story about courage, survival and the consequences of terror. iHostage is currently on Netflix with Czech subtitles. And it is currently the most watched film on Czech Netflix.

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